diff --git a/Socialmetrica.package/NitterUser.class/instance/externalWordCloud.st b/Socialmetrica.package/NitterUser.class/instance/externalWordCloud.st
index 58841cb..255a292 100644
--- a/Socialmetrica.package/NitterUser.class/instance/externalWordCloud.st
+++ b/Socialmetrica.package/NitterUser.class/instance/externalWordCloud.st
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ accessing
 externalWordCloud
 
 	| text outputFile |
-	outputFile := (self folder / 'nube.png')fullName.
-	text := (self folder / self userName, 'words', 'txt')fullName.
+	outputFile := (self folder / 'nube.png') fullName.
+	text := (self folder / 'words', 'txt') fullName.
 	OSSUnixSubprocess new 
 		command: 'wordcloud_cli';
 		arguments: { '--text' . text . 
diff --git a/Socialmetrica.package/NitterUser.class/instance/getLocalMessages.st b/Socialmetrica.package/NitterUser.class/instance/getLocalMessages.st
index cceab00..ecbe26d 100644
--- a/Socialmetrica.package/NitterUser.class/instance/getLocalMessages.st
+++ b/Socialmetrica.package/NitterUser.class/instance/getLocalMessages.st
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 accessing
 getLocalMessages
 	"TO DO! This method should return messages from the local database"
-	| allTweets myTweets |
+	| allTweets myTweets tempTweets tempUsername |
 	
+	tempUsername := self userName.
+	TweetsCollection storeDB.
 	allTweets := Tweet storedInstances asOrderedCollection.
 	allTweets ifNil: [ ^ nil ].
 	myTweets := TweetsCollection new.
-	myTweets tweets: (allTweets select: [ :each | each timelines isNotEmpty and: [each timelines keys first = self userName] ] ).
+	tempTweets := allTweets select: [ :each | each timelines isNotEmpty and: [each timelines keys first = tempUsername] ].
+	myTweets tweets: tempTweets.
 	self tweets: myTweets.
-	^ self tweets
+	^ {self tweets. self userName. tempTweets}
 	
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diff --git a/Socialmetrica.package/TweetsCollection.class/class/storeDB.st b/Socialmetrica.package/TweetsCollection.class/class/storeDB.st
index bc5da22..b09430e 100644
--- a/Socialmetrica.package/TweetsCollection.class/class/storeDB.st
+++ b/Socialmetrica.package/TweetsCollection.class/class/storeDB.st
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 accessing
 storeDB
-	| localDBFile |
+	| localDBFile localDBConnection |
 	localDBFile := FileLocator userData / 'Socialmetrica' / 'socialmetrica.sqlite'.
-	^ ReStore connection: (SSWSQLite3Connection on: localDBFile fullName).	
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+	localDBConnection := ReStore connection: (SSWSQLite3Connection on: localDBFile fullName).
+	localDBConnection isConnected ifFalse: [ ^ localDBConnection connect ].
+	^ localDBConnection
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